While derivative, this Canadian/South African production, currently airing on Space, makes for exciting viewing.
Author Archives: JD DeLuzio
Enterprise Is Dead, Jim
rickyjames writes, I just had to use that title. Startrek.com has posted text of a letter from Paramount Pictures stating that the fan campaign to save Enterprise has been appreciated but ultimately uncuccessful. The decision to cancel Enterprise is \”final\”.
Countdown to Infinite Crisis
Identity Crisis revealed some shocking, but entirely plausible, secrets of some top-name DC heroes, secrets which actually made sense of issues raised by past stories. The series cast shadows over DC history.
Countdown to Infinite Crisis, an expensively-produced but inexpensively-priced comic ($1.00 U.S. for 80 pages!) picks up from that story, and functions as a prologue to several comic series that will shake up the DC Universe further, a kind of Crisis on Infinite Earths for the 2000s.
The Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis II
Awhile back, Bongo comics brought the characters from Futurama into the world of The Simpsons with the parodically-titled Futurama/Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis. In 2005, they collide these two worlds once more– and throw in unlicensed appearances by numerous characters from literature, and superheroes from DC and Marvel comics.
Whedon to write and direct Wonder Woman pic
Joss Whedon, who has his share of experience with super-heroines, has signed to write and direct the forthcoming Wonder Woman movie.
Dimensions in Time
As part of the countdown to the rebooted and (better-budgeted) Doctor Who series, I’m reviewing this little-seen (outside of the UK) 1993 3-D special that features five versions of the Doctor and several series characters rubbing shoulders with characters from The Eastenders. This most bizarre of Brit crossovers was made as part of a Children in Need charity special.
The Night Stalker
The now unbelievably cheesey Night Stalker (1972) was, for a time, the top-rated made-for-tv movie, with its tale of a wiseass reporter chasing down a vampire in Las Vegas. It birthed a series, which scifi.com and others report will soon be remade, with Stuart Townsend as Kolchak. Frank Spotnitz, of The X-Files fame, will produce.
Superman is a Dick, and Batman’s Greatest Boner
Awhile ago, we ran this bit on the Superman is a Dick site. The site has since found a new location, and it includes such classics as this hard-to-believe Batman adventure.
Dark Matter Galaxy
No, astronomers haven’t identified the source of spam, but this story from last week merits mention.
Prom Night
Before we decamp at Gavagan’s or Callahan’s (or even Lady Sally’s), we probably passed through high school. Edited by Nancy Springer, this 1999 anthology heads out to the prom, SF and fantasy-style.